@Mentalguy2k8: "As above, on a boil wash the machine is tripping the RCD in the main CU 
which shuts down the whole house. It's been fine for boil washes before, and 
there's nothing else drawing current from the same circuit, so......
I'm assuming it's caused by the machine heating the water (it's only cold 
feed), my question is, is this problem most likely caused by the heating 
element and is it a DIY job to replace, or should I call an engineer? I 
don't want to fiddle with it if the problem is likely to be a safety issue. 
And of course, it's out of warranty... Why do these things always happen at 
weekends?
It's full at the moment, and there's no way of cancelling the wash unless 
you power it on and hold the "cancel" button for a few seconds, so we're a 
bit stuck. "
    @midge: "I'd have thought if it was the heater, it wouldn't just show up on a boil 
wash. i.e. the heater probably isn't running any hotter - it probably just 
heats the water for longer.
It's worth opening the machine up (with the mains off) and having a check 
around. I had a washer that tripped the RCD due to water working its way 
from around the powder draw along to some electrical connectors for the 
control module. This was an older Hotpoint Aquarius.
Midge "
    @Mentalguy2k8: ""Midge" <email_address> wrote in message 
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I may have misled you there, I meant that the machine has always done all 
washes (including boil washes) fine, but Missus put it on a boil wash 
yesterday and this happened. Unfortunately it's impossible to now "cancel" 
that wash to try a different type of wash.
I will try this, thanks for the advice. I'll see if there's anything 
obvious, otherwise I think it's time for an engineer... "
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